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Instant results? No, but a good idea gets a lukewarm reception

Barbara Docherty

Thursday 21 July 2022, 01:56 PM

Gregg’s Instant Pudding promised results in a matter of minutes, but it’s a long wait to get traction on a nurses’ proposal to alleviate the GP shortage

While commentators decry the long waits for healthcare, a proposal to get more nurse practitioners on board to fill the gaps remains in a holding pattern, writes Barbara Docherty

Significantly, nurse practitioners can be trained in less time than GPs and cost less to train” I remember an advertisement years ago that guaran

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